Surreal “Severance” brilliantly captures the reality of office life
Which is the real you—your “innie” or your “outie”?
Every morning you heave on your armour and steel yourself for the office. The real you is in there somewhere, but in disguise, peeping through your carapace like a warrior through his visor. In the evening you slip out of your workday persona, much as you part with your shadow at dusk.
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